Yadi ties All-Star Game with HR after debuting gold catching gear
.@Yadimolina04 knows big moments. #ASG pres. by @Mastercard, on @MLBONFOX. pic.twitter.com/nIg9zQcc9w
— MLB (@MLB) July 12, 2017
With the National League trailing 1-0 in the sixth inning, Yadier Molina provided the first run for the senior circuit with the first dinger of the 2017 All-Star Game off Ervin Santana.
In doing so, Molina, 34, became the oldest catcher to hit a home run in an All-Star Game - a record set by Yogi Berra back in 1959.
Yadi had just replaced Buster Posey defensively in the top of the sixth. That's when the St. Louis Cardinals catcher debuted his eye-catching equipment:
Molina looks like C3-PO!#ASG17 pic.twitter.com/4CAry6o8X0
— Bill Michaels (@Bill_Michaels9) July 12, 2017
The look matches Molina's eight Gold Gloves from 2008-2015.
Aside from the C-3PO comparison, Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy made his own comparison:
now catching for the NL pic.twitter.com/txPAAuYBCP
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) July 12, 2017